PENICILLAMINE

penicillamine, Cuprimine

(noun) a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson’s disease and severe arthritis

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

penicillamine (countable and uncountable, plural penicillamines)

(chemistry) A breakdown product of penicillin used as a chelating drug to treat poisoning by heavy metals etc.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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